winces

"The tea is steeping."

"The division of the large project into smaller tasks made it much easier to complete. "

"Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage."

"The dryer shrank my sweater."

"Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans."

"Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard."

"The seamstress used a sturdy between to create a precise, even stitch on the thick upholstery fabric. "

"He listened carefully to his mother's concerns, feeling sorrowful about her disappointment. "

"I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."

"We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff."

"The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."

"The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear."